“You probably don’t know this secret, but your mother changed the password just last evening. Do you want to know what it is? It’s Gobi Manchurian!” Won’t some kids fall for this? How tough is it to convince a child?

Wondering what to do for the weekend? Why not go on a biking outing? Our intern Christopher M Lopaze, who went one to explore the wonders that lie on the outskirts of Bangalore, narrates his experience.

Throughout the year, there are multiple cases of child abuse. Other than a sense of “what is our country coming to?”, we don’t do anything. Is it because they are children of slum-dwellers, construction workers, single mothers struggling to make two ends?